Vembu BDRSuite v5.6

Vembu Technologies, also known as just Vembu, has release version 5.5 of their BDRSuite which is a solution providing  Backup & Restore plus Disaster Recovery capabilities for on-prem and many public cloud solutions.

New features

• Active Directory (AD) integration when adding data sources including both servers (Linux & Windows) and endpoints (Linux, Mac, Windows).
• Add Servers and Endpoints through AD/LDAP Server
• Multi-tenancy support for Endpoints, File and Folder Backups
• Integrated management of Mac Endpoints meaning they can be managed via the centralized backup server.
• Create backup job Templates which can be applied to entities (Endpoints, File and Folder). This is limiting the need to configure a backup policy every time a new entity is added.
• Use Linux BDRSuite Backup Server to backup and restore Microsoft machines.

Feature Enhancements

In addition to the new features there are also quite a lot of enhancements to existing features including for example:

• Microsoft 365
  • Microsoft 365 backup support for permanently deleted mails and litigation hold items
  • Users can now choose the Azure Environment (Azure Default Cloud, Azure US Government clouds, Azure China) while adding a Microsoft 365 Organization
  • Users can now add Microsoft 365 Organization with Certificate Based MS Graph API authorization instead of Application secret Key
  • Where-it-left-off feature support for Microsoft 365 user mailbox
• Users can now schedule an on-demand incremental backup for a specific host(s), VM(s) and also for failed host(s) / VM(s) in a backup job
• List of all Protected host(s) / VMs in the BDRSuite Backup Server for Host/VM level backup and direct restore.
• End-user self recovery via BDRSuite’s MS Outlook addon and end-user login for SaaS application backup
• Deleted items retention handling for OneDrive, Group OneDrive and Sharepoint Sites
• Backup speed optimization for OneDrive, Group OneDrive and Sharepoint Sites
• Backup parallel limit & queue/retry mechanism for endpoints
• Users can now search for specific Backups / VMs from the reports page
• Enhanced filter option in List Jobs / Recovery pages to search in name of backups, and filter by the status of backup
• End-user restore based on Online Authorization for SaaS applications

Vembu Backup Server Requirements

• 64-bit support only
• CPU / vCPU
  • 8 recommended
  • 4 minimum
• Memory
  • 16 GB memory recommended
  • 8 GB memory minimum
• Network
  • 1 Gbps minimum
• Operating System
  • Microsoft Windows
    • Windows Server 2022 (specific versions)
    • Windows Server 2019 (specific versions)
    • Windows Server 2016 (specific versions)
    • Windows Server 2012 R2 (specific versions)
    • Windows Server 2012 (specific versions)
    • Windows 11 & 10 (specific versions) for evaluation purposes
  • Ubuntu
    • 22.04 LTS
    • 20.04 LTS
    • 18.04 LTS

Useful Links

• Vembu BDR 5.6 Release Notes
• Vembu BDR System Requirements
• Vembu BDR 5.6 Installation Guide
• Vembu BDR 5.6 Download
• Vembu BDR 5.6 User Guide

As you can see, many new and enhanced capabilities with the BDRSuite 5.6 release, njoy….